Obama’s Girl Friday: Sebelius, Glass Houses, and Palin
By NancyA on September 14, 2008 at 2:00 AM in Barack Obama, Current Affairs, Hillary Clinton, Misogyny, Newsweek, Sarah Palin, Sexism, Vice President, Women
And don’t you know it: we heard from another Obama acolyte (see the following article entitled “Hillary To Save Obama’s Hindquarters”) this week. Yes, Governor Kathleen “my teenage son told me I had to support Obama” Sebelius of Kansas decided she just couldn’t keep her mouth shut. Nope! She had to make sure her 2 cents were added to the already nonsensical baloney Democratic women having been throwing at McCain for choosing Palin.
The Wichita Eagle decided to share Sebelius’ comments with us this week. (Now that is a surprise, because they have been pretty Obama friendly since the caucuses in February!) Here are Sebelius’s thoughts:
On Wednesday, while visiting the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson, Sebelius said no company CEO would ever choose a top lieutenant and potential successor the way that McCain picked Palin, the Alaska governor, as his running mate.
Sebelius told the Hutchinson News that the choice is “a little frightening,” because of what it says about how McCain makes decisions. Sebelius said her vetting process as a possible running mate for Barack Obama was extensive.
Sebelius noted that McCain wrapped up his primary contest early and had six months to decide on a running mate. She cited news accounts that McCain met the Alaska governor only once before he announced her as his choice for vice president.
(Nancy A here: What news accounts? This one: “McCain explains Palin“. McCain chose well! And there is no doubt: look at the McCain/Palin poll numbers at Real Clear Politics today! And just the other day at NoQuarter, SusanUnPC wrote an article entitled “The Latest Polls Go McCain/Palin’s Way”, a frank discussion on their poll numbers. Oh Yes! Here are today’s Gallup polls: McCain/Palin 47%, Obama/Biden 45%)
The governor said McCain seemed to be “desperate (Nancy A here: not desperate, smart, but the Democrats don’t know about that this year) to infuse new life into the GOP party.”
Palin has infused “new life into the GOP and energized their base”. Kathleen just cannot notice.
A Kansas GOP official accused Sebelius of whining. Of course she’s whining, she thought she was headed to the White House as Obama’s Vice Presidential pick. Sorry you lost the Veepstakes! The GOP wasn’t finished with Sebelius. This from the GOP State Director:
“Kathleen Sebelius should talk about things she knows about,” said Christian Morgan, the Kansas GOP’s executive director.
Now let’s get back to Sebelius’ glass houses. It seems she doesn’t “vet” politicians too well either. Sebelius was so inept with her own vetting that she had a “major conflagration” in her own administration. And of course Sebelius was so short sighted during her whine fest she forgot all about the “fire” she had to put out.
More on Sebelius poor “vetting skills” ( Yeah! I think McCain knows how to vet politicians; Sebelius, not so much!):
As for vetting, Morgan noted that Sebelius helped recruit Paul Morrison to switch to the Democratic Party to run for attorney general in 2006. Morrison won but was forced to resign in January because of a sex scandal.
“If we want to talk about poor vetting and poor decision-making, we don’t have to look any further than the (Kansas) governor’s office,” Morgan said.
Governor Sebelius, I have news for you: “people in glass houses shouldn’t throw rocks.” “I also hope that foot tastes good”. The “hoof and mouth disease” in the Democratic Party is reaching “epidemic proportions”. And while you are at it, ugh!, come home to Kansas and quit kissing Obama’s butt. Clean up the mess in your own backyard!
Oh Yeah! I’m not done yet. I have a few comments of my own to make. First step away from the punch bowl, stop sucking the koolaid and let’s have a little heart-to-heart: Sebelius, you were quoted in the Special Republican Convention Issue of Newsweek, dated August 29th, 2008, saying this:
“That Hillary supporters “would honor her by voting for John McCain seems to me to be totally insane.”
Well I am here to tell you I am not insane, and neither are the many other former Hillary supporters in your state. We are voting McCain, and please stop whining about Palin ’cause she is sealing the deal!’ And she may even finish shattering that “glass ceiling”.
And one other comment: you looked kind of stupid saying, “It was tricky in the primary (ahem, caucus in Kansas, or don’t you remember that, the cheating and all reported on the Kansas Democratic Party website!) to use a lot of women and not appear to be women against Hillary.” Well, your silence on the sexism spoke scads. Remember this!
“You were women against Hillary!” And now you are women against Palin.
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Of course she’s whining, she thought she was headed to the White House as Obama’s Vice Presidential pick.
that about wraps it up…
Sour grapes!
the best medicine is the fact that all these women governors who supported obama couldn’t get their states to vote for obama or won’t be able to deliver in Novemmber, including sebelius (kansas is solidly in the mccain column), napolitano (couldn’t deliver arizona for obama, it went for hillary) and mccaskill isn’t going to be able to carry missouri for obama.
I have a feeling those two women are setting themselves up to be voted out.
Sebelius is annoying at best. She is not and has not been revered by PUMAS & PALS.
Who the hell does she think she is anyway?
She’s been punked by Obama and she’s not the VP pick so she must be waaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy jealous of Palin and for many reasons. What’s Sebelius’s approval rating? Far less than Gov Palin. Sebelius is wooden and uninspiring. She has nothing to offer.
Excuse me?! 1. There sre some very bad CEO picks in companies these days which is why America is in economic trouble. 2. “the way that McCain picked Palin” and what WAY is is that? The nonsense from Obama camp is endless and makes people run away in droves.
Forget the Democrat Party. It’s so corrupt it’s going exctinct.
Yeah Palin. You go girl. Don’t listen to the deranged radical lefters. They don’t even believe their own lies with the exception of Obama who believes his own lies. I Can’t wait until McCain wins this.
But Gov Sebelius, my kittens for Hillary told me to vote for Hillary and now they want me to vote for Mccain.
So she was vetted? it seems she was found lacking, eh?
But Governor Kathleen “my teenage son told me I had to support Obama” Sebelius of Kansas … haven’t you heard?
Pontius Pilate was a governor!
DUH! Why would we listen to you?
The Dems absolutely refused to vet Bobo, the most baggage-ridden Presidential candidate of all time! And, of course, it’s such good judgment to vote the way children tell you. Caroline Kennedy did! And what a pick she made! Jojo Biden too!
I wish Obama did pick her. He would be even further behind right now. That woman has been annoying me since the primaries.
Hillary Supporter for McCain
What ever happened to my Party? What in the world happened to us liberals? Have we no shame?
Who would have predicted the Republicans would be leading the fight to put a highly qualified women in the White House and the Democrats would be the Party trying to stop it?
Does anyone honestly think Obama is more qualified than Palin to be POTUS or VP?
Who vetted Obama Kathleen?
Liberal radicals pay women much less than what Republicans pay women.
Check it out and lay this arguement to rest and in archive.
Obama Only Talks Good Game On Gender Pay Equity
From The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Compensation figures for [Obama's] legislative staff reveal that Obama pays women just 83 cents for every dollar his men make.
A watchdog group called LegiStorm posts online the salaries for Capitol Hill staffers.
Based on these calculations, Obama’s 28 male staffers divided among themselves total payroll expenditures of $1,523,120. Thus, Obama’s average male employee earned $54,397.
Obama’s 30 female employees split $1,354,580 among themselves, or $45,152, on average.
Among Obama’s five best-paid advisors, only one was a woman. Among his top 20, seven were women.
Again, on average, Obama’s female staffers earn just 83 cents for every dollar his male staffers make. This figure certainly exceeds the 77-cent threshold that Obama’s campaign website condemns. However, 83 cents do not equal $1. In spite of this 17-cent gap between Obama’s rhetoric and reality, he chose to chide GOP presidential contender John McCain on this issue.
Obama responded Aug. 31 to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s Republican vice-presidential nomination. Palin “seems like a very engaging person,” Obama told voters in Toledo, Ohio. “But I’ve got to say, she’s opposed — like John McCain is — to equal pay for equal work. That doesn’t make much sense to me.”
McCain’s 17 male staffers split $916,914, thus averaging $53,936. His 25 female employees divided $1,396,958 and averaged $55,878.
On average, according to these data, women in John McCain’s office make $1.04 for every dollar a man makes. In fact, all other things being equal, a typical female staffer could earn 21 cents more per dollar paid to her male counterpart — while adding $10,726 to her annual income — by leaving Barack Obama’s office and going to work for John McCain.
Among [McCain's] top-five best-compensated staffers, three are women. Of his 20-highest-salaried employees, 13 are women.
In short, these statistics suggest that John McCain is more than fair with his female employees, while Barack Obama — at the expense of the women who work for him — quietly perpetuates the very same pay-equity divide that he loudly denounces.
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Dr. Martin Luther King was a Conservative… and a Republican.
MLK Jr. in his autobiography is clearly unsympathetic to the “right wing.” However…
Dr. King Sr. was a Republican. Alveda King also says that her uncle, Dr. King Jr., was a Republican.
The following article by Dr. Alveda King is well worth reading…
http://www.trustedpartner.com/docs/library/000143/Alveda%20King%20article.pdf
‘right wing’ and ‘conservative’ are two different things…
that’s a great reference… thanks!
Many blacks were Republican before LBJ signed the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
anyone watching snl right now? so far on “weekend update” they have said at least 3 nasty things at palin and 0 about obama…great
that’s where the obots get their news info…
they’re in the tank for Ayer’s bitch
Boycott the MSM and boycott the movies made by these dumb ass actors.
They can laugh at our expense as long as we pay them to do it.
that is SO true… if we could only coordinate one…
Sept 19th no movies and no TV except for FOX
Well, don’t count on Fox NETWORK for any entertainment that night. Two asinine “reality” shows (”Are You Smarter Than a Fifth-Grader” and “Don’t Forget the Lyrics”) are on tap. As for the movies, you can always go see Babylon A.D. (which is distributed by 20th Century FOX–and has received atrocious reviews, in large part due to the studio’s apparent stepping in and forcing cuts to get the film released “on schedule”).
The “boycott” is stupid because it’s SOLE motive is political vindictiveness. Ask the Dixie Chicks how THAT feels.
Weekend Update was very nasty, and the Alaska Pete skit bombed. It seemed like it was written for grade school kids, so maybe it connected with the audience. I thought it was lame.
yup… sounds tailor-made for the obot crowd
I just watched a rebroadcast of Real Time With Bill Maher.
He refers to Palin as a Category 5 moron and that was probably the nicest thing he had to say about her.
That pig without lipstick Jeanine Garafolo was one of the panelists. She is such an idiot. A Category 5 moron.
I love seeing the scared Dems implode on the little screen.
It’s a beautiful thing.
We noticed that, as well. I think it will backfire. Mainstream and Main Street America are sick of celebrities spouting political opinions.
Fey and Pohler were funny in the opening skit. Why not leave it at that? Satire is one thing….smart-assed snark is quite another.
This is good news. Great to see people with principles and guts.
What business is that of the democrats, the DNC and the press how Sen. S. MacCain made his vetting of Gov. Sarah Palin as his VP.
DNC, some democrats and the press should save their worries and for once ask Sen. Barack H. Obama some real question. What is the press afraid of? For once at least pose the same question their ask Sen. MacCain and Gov. Palin of Obama. Is that too much to ask?
Are their afraid of being called racist?
they’re afraid of losing!
They have nothing valid about Palin to criticize.
Funny…the DNC making a big deal out of the “vetting” of Sarah Palin only reminds everyone that Obama didn’t even pretend to “vet” the most qualified VP(and POTUS)candidate the Dems had.
One Question for you NancyA:
Do you think Sebelius could even have added Kansas to Obama’s electoral vote count, had she become the VP nominee?
Just curious.
No she woud not have. There are some state things going on in Kansas that would have killed any chance here. We haver more children then ever living in poverty!…The Kansas State Veterans Commission is all amok…..and a real problem that won’t be fixed despite the fact they are getting a new director. The city of Wichita was literally inundated with water on Saturday….a problem the state has done nothing to help alleviate….they got 10 inches of rain in less 24 hrs…..
The other thing Sebelius forgets, the history of Kansas is deeply rooted in the Republican Party…We are a very right wing state in some places very liberal in others like Lawrence which is called “Little Boston” the area was originally settled by people from the Northeast….we do stand out from most states…we were the first state to vote on women’s right though it did not pass….
Revolutionary Heart: The Story of Clarina Nichols, etc by Diane Eickhoff gives a very historical perspective on Kansas….and women’s rights….and now we tend to be more conservative and it shows in our Congresspeople in DC.
In short despite saying she could deliver Kansas for Obama, Sebelius who is not a Native Kansas seemed to forget her history lessons….44 yrs since Lyndon B Johnson won the last time KS went Democratic…
And no I do not believe she was ever capable of delivering KS….many people thought she was okay as Insurance Commissioner (I didn’t) but has failed miserably as Governor…
Eisenhower was from Kansas!
;-DOkay, thanks for that run down of Kansas and Sebelius’ performance. As I guessed, she is inept, since only inept people support Obama unless they are being threatened. Sebelius is very JEALOUS of competent Palin. I’m loving this. Dems are soooooooo jealous of Palin. Sebelius has no idea what she is doing. Kick the bums out.
Maybe…one way to get her out of Kansas.
I don’t know how the Republicans did it, but they’ve been able to create a boomerang effect with the Democrats’ words - anything the Democrats say, only underscores their own insanity in the way they picked the inexperienced, incompetent Barack Obama.
The Republicans have gotten the Democrats to self-reflexively criticize themselves.
“The Republicans have gotten the Democrats to self-reflexively criticize themselves.”
truth has a way of doing that… and i’m not republican
The YouTube above was extremely moving to me.
Seeing all those sexist attacks compiled into one video actually made me cry. I’ve been a McCain supporter from the beginning, but I have to admit, as a woman past fifty, every time I saw Hillary on TV I felt a sense of pride, like we’ve finally reached that point — where gender won’t keep us from competing. I knew the media, along with Pelosi & gang, were in the tank for Obama, but watching that video drives home just HOW MUCH.
Seeing what the media is doing now to Palin is like watching a replay. Both these women should be applauded for going into this arena and standing firm.
Vote Obama if we you 911- episode 2!
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i do think that this is a pretty good read…
http://www.mccainpalin2008.blogspot.com/
i know… who asked me, right?
Geeeeeze! How many more of these Obama supporters going to express their “fear” of Sarah Palin? It’s gotten old and I thought the Republicans played that card.
Sebelius is the daughter of a former Ohio governor. Her husband is a federal magistate judge and the son of a former US Representative. In 2007, she traveled to Istanbul to attend the annual Bilderberg Group meeting.
Like Obama, she attended private schools. Like Obama, she is considered an elitist who is out of touch with the middle class.
According to friends in Kansas, while she criticizes McCain for being out of touch, it is she who is out of touch. And that is why McCain is winning the State of Kansas.
Sebelius has no room to judge McCain or Palin.
In 2007, she traveled to Istanbul to attend the annual Bilderberg Group meeting.
Hold it right there. What’s an “upstanding Democrat” doing in a secretive, elite New World Order front that also includes Republican hacks like Kissinger, Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz?
We need more reporting on this subject– a lot more.
Bill Clinton is a member, among others.
There are MANY members who happen to be Democrats.
And, of course, there is no New World Order. The New World Order is just a myth of conspiracy buffs.
Seven years after 911 and Barack Obama still does NOT get it; wants to make nice, open America Houses in Muslim capitals
Editorial on the 7th anniversary of 911
Oxy Moran at Obama WTF
There is no issue which provides a starker contrast between the McCain and Obama than their attitude towards the Global War on Terror. This is one area where no American should be deceived by happy talk or seduced by the intoxicating effects of Obama’s Kool-Aid into taking a chance. 911 not only cost the lives of thousands of innocent civilians from 85 countries, it also sent the US economy into a devastating economic downwind. When the President took over the country was already heading towards a recession caused by the bursting of the dotcom bubble. After the catastrophe of 911, it would not be until June 2003 that the US economy would start to add jobs.
Every time Obama promises another Government handout for his adoring supporters by reallocating dollars away from the Global War on Terror, its important to remember that nothing will damage business confidence, and therefore tax revenues, more than another catastrophic event such as 911. Without tax revenues, every single one of Obama’s expensive promises which many already regard as wishful thinking become guaranteed non-starters.
In any case, recognizing Obama’s “commitment” to redeploy troops from Iraq to Afghanistan its far from clear where Obama plans to find substantial savings in the Global War on Terror…in other words he wants it both ways…”rhetorically” tough on terror while simultaneously promising the dollars to his anti-war constituencies.
We will open “America Houses” in cities across the Islamic world, with Internet, libraries, English lessons, stories of America’s Muslims and the strength they add to our country, and vocational programs. Through a new ” America’s Voice Corps” we will recruit, train, and send out into the field talented young Americans who can speak with — and listen to — the people who today hear about us only from our enemies.
As President, I will lead this effort. In the first 100 days of my Administration, I will travel to a major Islamic forum and deliver an address to redefine our struggle. I will make clear that we are not at war with Islam, that we will stand with those who are willing to stand up for their future, and that we need their effort to defeat the prophets of hate and violence. I will speak directly to that child who looks up at that helicopter, and my message will be clear: “You matter to us. Your future is our future. And our moment is now.” Source Barack Obama official website - extracted from a text of speech delivered on 1/8/07
Yes it would be nice to sit down with our enemies and talk through our differences in the spirit of finding a solution so we could all work towards global peace. But the simple fact is its not possible to negotiate with people who do not want to negotiate. On the contrary the Fundamentalist Muslims are commanded by their leadership to kill Americans and Jews in the name of meeting their religious duty.
OSAMA BIN LADEN: Text of Fatwah Urging Jihad Against Americans -1998
Published in Al-Quds al-’Arabi on Febuary 23, 1998
Statement signed by Sheikh Usamah Bin-Muhammad Bin-Ladin; Ayman al-Zawahiri, leader of the Jihad Group in Egypt; Abu- Yasir Rifa’i Ahmad Taha, a leader of the Islamic Group; Sheikh Mir Hamzah, secretary of the Jamiat-ul-Ulema-e-Pakistan; and Fazlul Rahman, leader of the Jihad Movement in Bangladesh
…and in compliance with God’s order, we issue the following fatwa to all Muslims
The ruling to kill the Americans and their allies–civilians and military–is an individual duty for every Muslim who can do it in any country in which it is possible to do it, in order to liberate the al-Aqsa Mosque and the holy mosque from their grip, and in order for their armies to move out of all the lands of Islam, defeated and unable to threaten any Muslim. This is in accordance with the words of Almighty God, “and fight the pagans all together as they fight you all together,” and “fight them until there is no more tumult or oppression, and there prevail justice and faith in God.”
This is in addition to the words of Almighty God “And why should ye not fight in the cause of God and of those who, being weak, are ill-treated and oppressed–women and children, whose cry is ‘Our Lord, rescue us from this town, whose people are oppressors; and raise for us from thee one who will help!’”
We — with God’s help — call on every Muslim who believes in God and wishes to be rewarded to comply with God’s order to kill the Americans and plunder their money wherever and whenever they find it. We also call on Muslim ulema, leaders, youths, and soldiers to launch the raid on Satan’s U.S. troops and the devil’s supporters allying with them, and to displace those who are behind them so that they may learn a lesson.
Almighty God said “O ye who believe, give your response to God and His Apostle, when He calleth you to that which will give you life. And know that God cometh between a man and his heart, and that it is He to whom ye shall all be gathered.”
Almighty God also says “O ye who believe, what is the matter with you, that when ye are asked to go forth in the cause of God, ye cling so heavily to the earth! Do ye prefer the life of this world to the hereafter? But little is the comfort of this life, as compared with the hereafter. Unless ye go forth, He will punish you with a grievous penalty, and put others in your place; but Him ye would not harm in the least. For God hath power over all things.
Nothing tells me Obama “doesn’t get it” more than his oft-stated position that we should give ILLEGAL aliens drivers licenses. Investigations into 911 confirm that having easy access to drivers licenses was one of the enablers for that grotesque act of slaughter. Another compelling reason to just say no deal to Obama.
This article by the New York Posts emphasizes many of the other sharp contrasts between Obama and McCain on Homeland Security
THE LESSONS OF 9/11
BARACK OBAMA V. JOHN MCCAIN

McCain believes America was an innocent victim of Islamic terrorism.
TODAY’s joint visit to Ground Zero may give the impression that John McCain and Barack Obama share a common analysis of the causes of 9/11 and how to deal with its legacy. They don’t.
The divide starts with the question: Why was America attacked?
McCain’s answer is simple (or, as Obama might suggest, simplistic): The United States was attacked because a resurgent Islam has produced a radicalism that dreams of world conquest and sees America as the enemy.
In different shapes and sizes and under a range of labels, that radical streak of Islam has waged war on America since 1979, when Khomeinists seized the US embassy in Tehran and held its diplomats hostage for 444 days.
The killing of 241 Marines in Beirut in 1983, the first World Trade Center attack in 1993 and a host of other operations that claimed more American lives were episodes in a war - the reality of which the United States faced only after 9/11.
McCain doesn’t hesitate to acknowledge that his country is engaged in a Global War on Terror. He doesn’t believe that 9/11 might’ve been prompted by some wrong America did to others. To him, the nation was an innocent victim of “Islamic terrorism.”
McCain asserts, “America faces a dedicated, focused and intelligent foe in the War on Terrorism. This enemy will probe to find America’s weaknesses and strike against them. The United States cannot afford to be complacent about the threat, naive about terrorist intentions, unrealistic about their capabilities, or ignorant to our national vulnerabilities.”
He’d pursue and fight these “enemies” wherever they are - including, especially, in Iraq. “If we run away,” he says, “they are going to follow us home.”
OBAMA, by contrast, doesn’t use terms such as “the Global War on Terror” or “Islamic terrorism.” Nor does he claim that America was simply an innocent victim.
In one speech, he used the image of a US helicopter flying over the poor countries in Africa and Asia, where it’s seen as a symbol of oppression. He says his objective is to turn that helicopter into a symbol of American aid to the downtrodden.
For Obama, the threat comes not from terrorists but from “extremists” and their “program of hate.” He never uses such terms as “jihadist,” judging them hurtful to Muslims. He speaks of “violent extremists who are a small minority of the world’s 1.3 billion Muslims.”
In one speech, he claimed that the Islamists aim only at “creating a repressive caliphate.” He seemingly hasn’t heard of jihadist movements whose declared aim is to destroy the United States in the name of Islam.
For McCain, the War on Terror is a “just war” in which Americans fight for their security and their allies’. Obama rejects the concept of “just war.” He dismisses the Iraq war as both “unnecessary and unjust” - though the struggle in Afghanistan is “a necessary war.”
ONE constant Obama theme is the claim that poverty and economic factors breed terrorism; this echoes the analysis of Jimmy Carter back in the ’70s. Strengthening that impression is Obama’s pick of Sen. Joseph Biden as running mate.
Biden denies there’s a War on Terror in the first place or that the United States even knows whom it’s fighting. He has declared that “terrorism is a means, not an end, and very different groups and countries are using it toward very different goals. If we can’t even identify the enemy or describe the war we’re fighting, it’s difficult to see how we will win.”
While McCain puts the emphasis on hard power - that is, on meeting and defeating the enemy on the battlefield - Obama, echoing Carter and Bill Clinton, promises a greater use of soft power.
He plans to double US foreign aid to $50 billion a year, allocate a further $20 billion to offering “alternatives to madrassa education” in Muslim countries, provide Afghanistan with another $1 billion a year in support and spend $5 billion on a “Shared Security Partnership Program” with foreign governments.
And he promises to “bolster our ability to speak different languages and understand different cultures” - as if America’s unique cultural spectrum didn’t already include large numbers of speakers of every living language, with millions of immigrants each year. Sorry: The nation was not attacked because Americans don’t speak Arabic or don’t understand Saudi or Egyptian cultures.
Obama also says he’ll open “America Houses” in Muslim capitals. These would be community centers with libraries, Internet cafes and English-language classes. Has he considered the possibility that these might become prime targets for terrorists?
Plus, he’d set up an “America’s Voice Corps,” which would recruit and train thousands of young Americans to go to Muslim countries to explain “American values” and, in return, “listen to Islamic voices.”
More important, perhaps, Obama promises to attend “a significant Islamic forum” (presumably, the summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference) within his first 100 days in the White House. He believes that the magic of his eloquence might do what America’s hard power has failed to achieve. In an early version of this idea, Obama wanted to invite all Muslim heads of state to a Washington summit. He doesn’t realize that this would endorse the claim that Islam merits a special treatment even in international relations.
ONE might expect Obama to be more convincing on Afghani stan, his pet war. Yet all we get is a promise to increase aid - despite the fact that the Afghan economy hasn’t been able to absorb the $20 billion pledged since 2002. He would also send in two more combat brigades - precisely the number that other NATO allies were supposed to supply by next January. (President Bush just announced that, from now until January, he’ll be sending an even larger reinforcement to Afghanistan.)
The Democratic platform’s section on foreign policy contains several references to “restoring American leadership.” When it comes to tough issues, however, we’re told that “the world must do” this or that.
An example: “The world must prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.” What if that abstract entity, “the world,” of which Obama once claimed to be a citizen, fails to do so? Obama’s answer is “tougher sanctions and aggressive, principled and direct high-level diplomacy without preconditions.”
He promises to talk to all the “bad guys,” including the Khomeinist leaders in Tehran. He ignores the fact that successive US administrations, from Carter to George W. Bush, have talked to the mullahs - so far to no avail. He also forgets that then-Secretary of State Colin Powell traveled to Syria and was rewarded with a series of political murders of US friends in Lebanon.
The platform’s Middle East section promises to “stand with allies and pursue diplomacy.” Apart from Israel, however, we’re never told who those “allies” are.
While Bush fixed the creation of two states, a Palestinian one besides Israel, as the aim of his strategy, Obama takes a step back by claiming merely that the US should “lead the efforts to build the road to a secure and lasting peace.”
HE also abandons Bush’s message of democratization in the Middle East as the long-term weapon against terrorism and strengthens the fiction that the Palestinian issue is the region’s main, if not the sole, problem.
In fact, despotism may be the more important issue. Yet Obama sneers at the elections held in Iraq, Afghanistan and several other Muslim nations thanks to US encouragement and pressure. He would leave America without a core message in the Middle East.
McCain believes that America is at war; Obama doesn’t. McCain believes the United States can win on the battlefield; Obama doesn’t.
For Obama, the problem is one of effective law enforcement. His model is the way Clinton handled the first attack on World Trade Center in 1993. Obama says: “We are able to arrest those responsible, put them on trial.” This means the United States reacting after being attacked.
McCain, however, doesn’t fear the politically incorrect term “pre-emption” - hitting the enemy before he hits you.
WHEN all is said and done, this election may well have only one big issue: the existential threat that Islamist terrorism poses to America’s safety. Since McCain and Obama offer radically different policies for facing that threat, American voters do have a real choice.
Source New York Post
Yes, many Democrats attend the Bilderberg Group meeting. Zbigniew Brzezinski attends the Bilderberg Group.
Obama has Brzezinski on his team.
According to the book America’s Half-Century, Brzezinski and Kissinger were both proteges of David Rockerfeller. Kissinger and Brzezinski have very similar world views, which the neocons dislike.
Brzezinski gave George H.W. Bush a solid B for his “global leadership” skills, while giving Bill Clinton an uneven C.
I read an interesting article last Spring which outlined the difference between the Democrats and Republicans. The Republicans use National Security issues to build a coalition of support and spend U.S. dollars at home and in foreign countries. The Democrats use environmental and social justice issues.
Either way, the same groups and individuals stay wealthy and in power; they just create new corporations to fit the needs to gain contracts. So, under an Obama Administration, the power brokers with Corporation A (e.g., Halliburton) would create a subsidiary company that cleans up the hazardous materials left behind by a war field and turn the area into housing or parks or ? The leftist in the U.S. feel like they are taking care of the “injustices” of the world but the same people are still making money, but under a different corporate name.
She is just jealous because she wanted to be the only female in the race. Her plans didn’t happen so she is showing her true colors. Wonder how pissed she was at Obama? Maybe he promised her a cabinet post but I doubt it. She’s discarded like anyone else OB uses and trashes later. Too bad kathy. You may have alot of time on your hands to think about how to help your state instead of your elevation to DC. Oh well, get over it.
Can we just call this election what it is? An asshat parade. I mourn for the discourse we might have had if the convention had only sent the man cub back to Illinois. Instead we’re down in the gutter with the hypocrites and the sociopaths. Instead of talking about issues we’re getting to hear about the scandalous color of Sarah Palin’s fecal matter.
Though, from a satirist’s point of view, it’s a frickin’ gold mine.
We must do another guest post for you soon. However I want you to write the introductory paragraph…lots of comments and wonderful discourse!
Sort of a funny note…I picked that picture of Sebelius because that was snapped the day she endorsed Obama and because she looks just a bit insane in the picture……thought it fit the bill!
Bob Dole and Arlen Specter were both born near Russell, KS…way out west on the way to Colorado!
This blog is doing a brilliant job of vetting Obama, as the media ought to have done.
I hope it will follow up by taking the next logical step– which would be to promote some kind of boycott of the big media, at least for the most biased networks and programs.
This could be a great project for the JSND coalition, and regardless of where we stand ideologically, we need honest media in this country.
Anybody who agrees, feel free to nest a reply here…
i’m all for a coordinated effort - i agree something must be done!
The media has let the American people down during this election cycle. They have not vetted Obama at all and this man wants to be our next president! He has no experience and has a questionable past. Pastor Wright, Bill Ayers, Tony Rezko and many others are his supporters and the media has not investigated these associations which is negligent on the part of the media.Hillary and Bill Clinton gave wonderful speeches supporting Obama which also were a disservice to the American people. I was very disappointed with them for doing that because they know damm well that Obama isn’t fit to be our next president.I was a big supporter of Hillary’s and I did a lot of volunteer work for her but I think people need to vote for the person that will be the best for our country rather than party unity. Besides the Democratic Party treated her abominably, she owes them nothing. I sent her an e-mail asking her not to jump on the bandwagon smearing Palin. I encourage all of you Hillary supporters to do the same. In November, I will be voting for McCain and Palin because they will be better for the country even though I have never voted for a Republican before.
but he’s always wanted to be king!
(taken at Punahau high school, scrawled by Barky himself)
http://www.theobamafile.com/_images/ObamaKing.jpg
Didn’t our forefathers flee England to escape a King……
How telling!!
A coordinated effort would be great. I personally am already boycotting all news channels except Fox, and except for Glenn Beck on CNN/HLN and Lou Dobbs on CNN and I let the stations know why. Here’s a list of media addresses:
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=111
Thanks for the link. We watch only Fox, c-span and sometimes PBS (during the conventions).
this OT but, it seems that Alan ‘Mr. Housing Bubble’ Greenspan (Andrea Mitchell’s mate) says that “the country can’t afford McCain tax cuts.”
given that barko’s tax cuts are purported to be even steeper than McCain’s, what does this say about:
1.) the obvious bias in the ‘news reporting’ by singling out McCain, and
2.) the obvious infeasibility of barky’s economic plan?
The fact that he is married to Andrea Mitchell causes me to discount anything he says.
Plus Greenspan’s bad judgment caused the sub-prime crisis by allowing the housing bubble to spin out of control. I don’t have any respect for the guy–after years of his management the economy’s in tatters. He deregulated like heck, leading to Enron, Anderson, and all those scandals. It always drives me crazy when people cite Greenspan like he’s a God. The bubbles of the 90’s (dot com, housing) were exacerbated by Greenspan, making the crashes that much worse.
Right, he’s a smart guy and writes a mean academic paper, but he’s driven the economy to the ground.
Sorry about the rant, though. Just ugh! Greenspan
Why doesn’t anyone (in the media) have a dicussion about the way FDR chose Truman as his VP (in the MIDDLE of a World War….and FDR knew he was probably dying)???? Now THERE’S a scary vetting story!
and he was the third veep, at that!
Is Joe Biden in rehab?
Can we not go there? Please? I want to bring politics back out of the gutter. Let Obama and Rove do that shit. WE need to be the change we want.
Well Obamamessiah showed such great executive prowess that he didn’t even bother to “vett” Hillary and the Obama campaign made sure Hillary’s 18 million supporters knew it. Executive judgement you can believe in? And now Obama demands and whines that Hillary and Bill get out on the campaign trail and save his so not worthy ass. The DumbDemocrats just can’t believe that McCain is making himself out to be a real maverick and the Republican party is becoming the real party of equality and opportunity - of course with all those silly pro-life and 2nd amendment and other bothersome ideas the Republicans like to promote. This is just destroying those DUMBDemocrats!
Tens of thousands of Democrats wrote in to the vetting committee to pick Hillary as VP, but they decided she wasn’t good enough.
It’s been a topsy-turvy political season.
The Democratic Party, which has considered itself the champion of women’s rights for decades, couldn’t bring itself to nominate its most highly qualified female candidate and almost guarantee a return to the White House.
The Republican Party, which has the national stereotype of limiting women’s rights, has shown a trust in women by putting a female on the presidential ticket.
Many Democrats have criticized this move by the Republicans with personal attacks and lies against Governor Palin such as the ones Senator Clinton has had to withstand in her political career.
My closest sense of comprehending all of this comes from what Taylor Marsh wrote months ago, when I still went to her Website: Republicans understand that elections are about *winning*.
Well I always enjoyed Bill Clinton’s intelligence, and never agreed “every word out of his mouth is a lie”, and don’t know what Hillary’s motives were sticking by him, but surely do not discount a deep love, in fact I consider it likely the only possible reason.
I enjoyed especially the first half of the clip, as I don’t agree with the (depraved)musical lyrics of the 2nd.
I had one thing against Hillary, her conduct in the stem cell hearing when she attacked Wisconsin’s pathetic pug, Tommy Thompson. Ted Kennedy followed and seemed like an extremely nice fellow in comparison.
However, I watched as 57% of democrats polled for YEARS had Hillary at the top of their list of D’s.
Then, as a note, a friend of mine, absolutely relished her destruction outlined here. He was normally, a logical, fair assessor all things, for YEARS, but this - he just couldn’t help himself. He would hear NOTHING to the contrary. He actually “got off” on it, an emotional thrill.
Yep, so how does one explain such a thing ? Ethnicity trumps gender, liars finally have a better lie,a wave of “godly” O-emotion beats the sense out of many, a takeover is always fun… I’m not certain entirely.
It’s clear to me the very people who were screaming in disdain and Omania, Hillary acted as if it was hers to take, are the very same ones who were screaming for YEARS that was in fact the case, and they’ed make sure of it, because she’s earned it, deserves it, and has lived and done what is required for it.
This is the type of crap that shows me what liars we have in power: ” She cited news accounts that McCain met the Alaska governor only once before he announced her as his choice for vice president.”
No, don’t tell me you’ve made the caveat by “citing” what was in a news report.
You KNOW BETTER, and don’t belong anywhere as a Governor, certainly don’t, since lying with a selected deception and by ommission of your knowledge above your quoted deciept means you’re a con artist. Liar, and con artist, or too stupid for the job ?
No, it’s liar/con artist. Sorry, if yer taken down asap, even by recall, I’ll applaud.
It appears that you Gov S., think your job description is “deceptive pundit”.
It’s just too bad, how far we have all fallen.
Touching video–it should have been Hillary vs McCain this election. As nasty as politics are, I really think McCain and Hillary have a profound respect for each other — they are both centrists. Obama, on the other hand, wants to take this country far from where we want to knowingly go which is why he takes contradictory stands depending on the audience. Judging by his friends and his choices through the years, we can discern how he envisions a new America.
She was vetted and a woman with 18 mil votes was not even given a minute of their time, shows how in touch the democrats are with politics.
A bunch of sour grapes they are because they were all out foxed by the old guy who cant send email.
They can keep talking until the cows come home…it will make no difference!
Anyone who is running in BO’s herd can just keep on trucking!
McCain lobbed one right between their eyes, and left them all addled!
Do I worry about their lumps? Hell no! Hit ‘em again!
Obama is sooooooo yesterday. He’s old news. Get on the McCain bus or get out of the way. Anyone still supporting Obama is supporting a LOSER!
Excellent article. I love your lashing of the tongue. This woman is just jealous that Sarah is pretty and she isn’t. I haven’t heard Hillary going around condemning Sarah, so why are the other women of Obama so upset?
Nancy,
Another fantastic article. Thank you for the investigating reporting you have done. Miss you on the other sites.
I’m a Kansan, and Sebilius lost my vote the day she endorsed Obama. Her explanation that her son told her to vote for Obama seems like sound political decision-making. Not! (Would this be the same son who was running an internet business out of the governor’s residence?) As a Kansan, I’m sure hoping Sebelius is not making any state governmental decisions with that same decision-making strategy.
It’s obvious that the Dems would not be crying so loudly about Palin’s misgivings if they didn’t see her as a major candidate and a major roadblock to an Obama Whitehouse. If Palin was really as weak as they all say she is, they would just leave her be…knowing that the strongest ticket would prevail.
I did really notice one part of Sebilius’ comments: “no company CEO would ever choose a top lieutenant and potential successor” in this manner. That statement applies more to Obama than to Palin. I’ve been saying for months that no company or goverment entity would HIRE a person for a leadership position with so little experience as Obama has. The equivalent to letting Obama lead the nation would be appointing a first year teacher to be the US Secretary of Education. (OK, I’ll give Obama the benefit of the doubt, let’s say a second-year teacher). Or hiring someone with two years experience to be CEO of Boeing. Added to that, given Obama’s reluctance to release personal information and his documented history of building relationships with a convicted felon (Rezko) and an admitted terrorist (Ayers), Obama most likely couldn’t even pass the background screening to be hired as a police officer or FBI agent.
Yes, Sebilius lost my vote and my respect the day she endorsed Obama.
Don’t these people read anything before they open their mouths?
“The fact of the matter is she was vetted over the course of about four to five months,” the McCain official said, “in a vetting process that was read by a former Reagan White House counsel,” Arthur B. Culvahouse Jr.
I’ve been hearing about Palin on-line for a few months–why is this news to the Democrats? Talk about ill-informed and weak. Even their insults are pathetic. [see BO's latest ad criticizing McCain for not using email, with his CRIPPLED arms!]
The idea that Pontius Pilate was a “governor” in the sense of that we understand the position in the U.S is ridiculous. Judea, as part of the Roman Empire, was governed for time by vassal kings, such as Herod and then his sons. Thereafter, 7 procurators served as chief administrators for the emperor, including Pilate from 26-36 C.E.
The term “governor” is sometimes used to refer to these procurators - but only as a term of convenience. They had nothing in common with today’s governors in the U.S. These procurators were not democratically elected(they were selected by the emperor), they did not function in a federal republic (they functioned in an imperial state), etc., etc.
I find this line of defense of Obama’s early days in Chicago (he was like Jesus, a community organizer, and Palin is like Pilate, a governor) to be one of the most idiotic lines of defense ever employed.
Oh no, the Obama people don’t have a messianic complex.
This “no vetting, impulsive decision” storyline is pure fiction. I am sure I am not the only person commenting here who followed the race closely for the last 19 months and read on news websites and blogs at least one year ago that Palin was on the long list.
see, e.g.,
http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=6981613
Obots pushing this story must think WE don’t know how to use a keyboard and rely solely on the propaganda they put out.
Republicans should push back with a new attack against Obama: he is an indecisive, cerebral Hamlet who doesn’t know how to make a decision or lead.
If only Obama was vetted the way Gov Palin is being vetted by the MSM, he would have been history by now.
Obama is the premier politician for the “jackass generation”. Unfortunately, he is about twenty years ahead of his time. The Kansas governor might ought to start polishing up the old resume. Because, the people who said Obama has no “coattails” were only partly right… he more aptly has “harpoons” which are going to pull everybody who supports him down with his ship.
What kind of accomplishments, knowledge or experience does Sabillius bring to a national ticket that Palin does not?? She was being considered as a “Token”, an inexperienced alternative to Hillary.
I see Palin as highly accomplished, highly experienced, but very weak on knowledge. And, we have no way of assessing how she makes decisions in a crisis. Who had the complete package? HILARY.
Obamabots were talking about Gov. Palin for months and wanting Obama to pick her for VP. Not that they understand party lines since they are political morons.
Does anyone remember that?
How in the world can a person be “weak on knowledge” and effectively run a town as Mayor for 8 years and a state as governor for 2 years? (not to mention her 10 years legislative committee experience)
Perhaps you need to do more research since Gov. Palin has no shortage of “knowledge”. Did you know she has 85% approval rating with the citizens in Alaska and has negotiated with heads of state in Canada for starters?
Look at how accomplished Gov. Palin really is. PUMAS please watch. This is made by a puma.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt6VzuseI30
Now where is Biden? Rehab?
Hey if Sebelius is such a fine leader how come Barky didn’t pick HER?
What company did SHE work for before she got on the government teat, that she knows how CEOs are picked. Does she actually think any company would pick Obama?
Rofl, have you seen the church Palin has gone to for 26 years? These people are unstable kooks. Demon possessions, Holy Laughter. Every action they take is condoned by their alter ego ‘GOD’. I hope Palin doesn’t decide to take us all home… http://vimeo.com/1679097?pg=embed&sec=1679097